page_title: Spruce Knob
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Spruce Knob / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: Sign for high point trail at w:Spruce Knob.
context_page_description: Spruce Knob, at 4,863 feet, is the highest point in the state of West Virginia and the summit of Spruce Mountain, the highest peak in the Allegheny Mountains.
context_section_description: Spruce Knob is within the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, which in turn is part of Monongahela National Forest. Established in 1965, it was the first National Recreation Area designated by the U.S. Forest Service and includes more than 100,000 acres (40,000 ha).
  There are over 75 miles (121 km) of hiking trails around the mountain and a small 25-acre (10 ha) lake well stocked with trout on the west side of the mountain. Two campgrounds are also on the mountain.
caption: Sign noting 4863' summit elevation at beginning of trail
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